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Listeners are shocked by an orgy of raw, lewd, guitar driven proto-punk and alternative/metal art rock, the stripped down guitar-drums-vocalist lineup and a take-no-prisoners attitude. What s more shocking than their cooing and screaming is the heart of Can Can's lyrics: God, heaven, faith and the end of the world. In their first full length album "All Hell", Can Can radically depart from the Atlanta punk scene with songs like "Betrayer/Deceiver", a polemic about Jewish spiritual renewal and the apocalypse, and "Make A Pretty Motion" which confronts religious hypocrisy with the line, "don't you know/we're all lost souls" and "Boreska Mines" which flirts with the story of Jacob's Ladder to Heaven, substance abuse and alternate dimensions. "People see us on stage and think we're out of our minds, spitting and screaming and sweating all over the place. Then they read our lyrics and realize our songs are mostly about spirituality," said singer band member Patrick A., formerly of the Love Drunks. "I think they're even more shocked." Writing spiritual-themed songs was just a natural extension of their personalities, as guitarist Mary Collins (formerly of the Motolitas) and drummer Josh Lamar (ex-drummer for Nick Oliveri of Queens of the Stone Age) both lived in the conservative rural South with Pentecostal revivalism and the apocalypse around every corner, while Jewish member Patrick A. studies Torah and attends services at several metro-Atlanta synagogues. Despite their approach, Can Can is not, and will never be, a church band. "We [just] write songs that actually mean something, instead of this nihilistic, cocaine snorting garbage you hear all the time." All Hell" also includes songs about spousal abuse, love in the culture of victim hood and a bizarre, cryptic comment on racism in the song "Locked In. Things are looking great for Can Can: offers from festivals, two live performances featured on Comcast Bands On Demand and talks with distributors across the world. While no one knows the future, everyone knows that Can Can will be there, shouting and moaning in both the holiest and deviant way possible. Eric Holder / Pine Magazine